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4-6Classifying Living Things series.
This book explains scientific classification, defines invertebrates, explains their general characteristics, and gives major examples of their eight main phyla: sponges, cnidarians, flatworms, roundworms, segmented worms, mollusks, arthropods, and echinoderms. Captioned photographs, sidebars, and diagrams enhance the text; a few more of the last would be helpful, as the text is sometimes dense. Further reading. Glos., ind.